Monthly Archives: September 2015

Food Service Hand Hygiene: Basic Handwashing – Part II

2017-08-17T15:37:00+00:00

Ignoring handwashing as a priority is easy until faced with a crippling lawsuit. Your risk of transmitting a foodborne disease via a food workers hands will never be zero, but the good news is training your crew about handwashing is not complicated. Molding behavior to do it at the right time, using the correct method is the tough part. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention says the single most effective way to stop the spread of infection is through handwashing. Last month’s article was on the physical equipment to help get better handwashing compliance. The most important part is the practice of the basic handwashing steps:

Food Service Hand Hygiene: Basic Handwashing – Part II2017-08-17T15:37:00+00:00

The Physical Elements of Food Service Hand Hygiene – Part I

2017-08-17T15:37:38+00:00

September is National Food Safety Education Month and the theme has a rhyme to it – “Keep Hands Clean with Good Hygiene”. Hand washing is one of the public’s best defenses against the spread of both common and rare, even life-threatening, diseases including those caused by food, and against gastrointestinal infections caused by such organisms as the Norovirus, which plagues the cruise ship industry and food service in general.

The Physical Elements of Food Service Hand Hygiene – Part I2017-08-17T15:37:38+00:00

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